Isigaba Sokudla okunomsoco siphenya indima ebalulekile yokudla ekubumbeni impilo yomuntu, inhlalakahle, nokuphila isikhathi eside-ukubeka umsoco osekelwe ezitshalweni phakathi kwendlela ephelele yokuvimbela izifo kanye nokusebenza kahle komzimba. Isuselwa endikimbeni ekhulayo yocwaningo lwezokwelapha kanye nesayensi yezokudla okunomsoco, iqokomisa indlela ukudla okugxile ekudleni okutshalwe ngokuphelele—okunjengomdumba, imifino enamahlamvu, izithelo, okusanhlamvu okuphelele, imbewu, namantongomane—kunganciphisa ingozi yezifo ezingelapheki ezihlanganisa isifo senhliziyo, isifo sikashukela, ukukhuluphala, neminye imidlavuza ethile.
Lesi sigaba siphinde sibhekane nokukhathazeka okujwayelekile kokudla okunomsoco ngokwethula isiqondiso esisekelwe ebufakazini ezakhiweni ezibalulekile ezifana namaprotheni, uvithamini B12, insimbi, i-calcium, nama-acids abalulekile anamafutha. Igcizelela ukubaluleka kokukhetha ukudla okunokulinganisela, okuhlelwe kahle, okubonisa ukuthi ukudla kwe-vegan kungahlangabezana kanjani nezidingo zabantu kuzo zonke izigaba zokuphila, kusukela ebuntwaneni kuya ebudaleni obudala, kanye nokusekela ukusebenza okuphezulu kwabantu abakhuthele ngokomzimba.
Ngaphandle kwempilo yomuntu ngamunye, isigaba Sokudla sicubungula imithelela ebanzi yezimiso zokuziphatha nemvelo—ebonisa ukuthi ukudla okusekelwe ezitshalweni kusinciphisa kanjani isidingo sokuxhashazwa kwezilwane futhi kwehlisa ngokuphawulekayo indawo yethu yemvelo. Ngokukhuthaza imikhuba yokudla enolwazi, nokuqaphela, lesi sigaba sinikeza abantu amandla okwenza izinqumo ezingezona nje ezondla umzimba kodwa ezihambisana nozwelo nokusimama.
Izifo ze-autoimmune seziya ngokuya zivame kakhulu, zikhanyisa intshisekelo kumabanga okudla angaba khona angathonya intuthuko yawo. Inyama nobisi, izinkambo zokudla kwaseNtshonalanga, zingaphansi kwendima ngendima yazo okungenzeka ekuvuseleleni ukuvuvukala nokuphazamisa ukulimala komzimba. Ucwaningo luphakamisa ukuthi izakhi ezinjengamafutha agcwele, i-Casein, kanye nama-antibiotics atholakala kulokhu kudla anganikela ezindabeni zezempilo ezithutha kanye nezimpendulo zokuzivikela komzimba ezihlotshaniswa nezimo ezinjenge-rheumatoid arthritis. Lo mbhalo uhlola ubufakazi ngemuva kwalezi zinhlangano ngenkathi uqokomisa ezinye izindlela ezisetshenziswa izitshalo ezingasekela impilo engcono futhi zinciphise izingozi zokudla okunempilo